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9th Annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool. Congratulations to our 2012 Champion, Ligers!

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Welcome to the 9th annual Slickdeals NFL Survival Pool!

Sorry I'm late on this. I've been real busy with a new job over the past 6 months. A lot of traveling. So, we'll have to see how many we can get in by Saturday.

Here we go again!

Registration is now open. PM me for my non-CC Paypal address. As soon as I get your $5, I will send you the league name and password. Paypal payments should be paid from a linked bank account or Paypal balance. Payments should be sent as a "gift" to avoid fees.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival

Please use your SD name as your group name so I can monitor who signs up.

Our previous winners are:

1 - Ryan166
2 - Arjunsr
3 - Ryan166
4 - Bill L (an outsider)
5 - Arjunsr
6 - vec
7 - ERock54
8 - jayb082
9 - Ligers (Tripp's brother)
9b - Mavtech

Here are the rules:

Anyone is welcome to play. Buy in is $5 per person. Winner takes all. We will be using Yahoo Survival to track picks. This is a straight pick the winner pool, no spread. In past years, we have had about 30-35 players. So, winner can take home around $150.

Non-credit card Paypal will be used to collect the money. Winner will get the lump sum at the end of the season to his/her Paypal address. If you insist on using a credit card, you pay the fees. They are usually about $.75 per $5. Yeah, I know. Paypal is a bunch of thieves. Let me know if this is the case since it's a different email address.

You will NOT get the league ID and password until I have your money.

Starting in week 1, you choose an NFL team to win that week. If you win, you carry on to the next week. If you are wrong, well, there's always next year. So, do your research. Choose wisely.

You can never choose the same team again.

In case of a week where everyone goes down: This is usually most possible in the mid to late weeks. As long as all players lose, everyone is re-entered automatically for the next week.

If we have a tie at the end of the final regular season game, the money is split among the people left. However, if there are 2 people left at the end, they both may agree on going to week 1 of the playoffs for a winner takes all championship. This will be a game of my choosing unless I am in the game. In that case, someone who went out in the early weeks gets to choose.

When you should have picks in: I don't have the time to chase people down. Yahoo will send you an email reminder and I will post in this thread to remind people. Picks must be in 5 minutes before the first game of the week. So, make sure to pay attention to Thursday and Saturday games. Those tend to screw people over. Someone always forgets. There is no forgiveness for forgetting. That wouldn't be fair to the others. Not choosing is the same as losing.

To play, I will need your name, team name, and money.

You can contact me by PM or IM. My IM names are under my SD name. Let me know if you have any questions.

I will give you my Paypal email address in a PM.

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Mavtech
08-27-2012 at 01:50 PM.
08-27-2012 at 01:50 PM.
Quote from tennisplayer123 :
I think I am gonna passs, I usually get out in like the first couple weeks or so.
Same here. I've never made it past week 6.
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08-27-2012 at 01:51 PM.
08-27-2012 at 01:51 PM.
Quote from Mavtech :
Same here. I've never made it past week 6.
I have never made it past week 3.
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08-27-2012 at 02:08 PM.
08-27-2012 at 02:08 PM.
I can't decide between this or 5 HDMI cables I don't need......what to do????
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08-27-2012 at 02:21 PM.
08-27-2012 at 02:21 PM.
Everyone who has sent money should have the password by now. If you think I missed you, email or PM me.
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vec
08-27-2012 at 04:36 PM.
08-27-2012 at 04:36 PM.
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I can't decide between this or 5 HDMI cables I don't need......what to do????
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I hate decisions so I did both Dontknow
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08-27-2012 at 04:36 PM.
08-27-2012 at 04:36 PM.
Quote from vec :
It's about time!





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I just came here for the same thing.

need a PM so I can sign my brother and I up again.
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08-27-2012 at 04:38 PM.
08-27-2012 at 04:38 PM.
I'm in!
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08-27-2012 at 06:45 PM.
08-27-2012 at 06:45 PM.
At first, I thought we wouldn't be able to get enough players to make this worthwhile on such short notice (due to me being a slacker). But, I was wrong. We are at $85 on the first day. I can't believe we have been doing this for nearly a decade. I still remember my lurker days in mid-2003. I also remember the early days when I managed this in Excel. That was before I had kids and before Yahoo Survival was around.
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08-27-2012 at 06:48 PM.
08-27-2012 at 06:48 PM.
Quote from Mavtech :
At first, I thought we wouldn't be able to get enough players to make this worthwhile on such short notice (due to me being a slacker). But, I was wrong. We are at $85 on the first day. I can't believe we have been doing this for nearly a decade. I still remember my lurker days in mid-2003. I also remember the early days when I managed this in Excel. That was before I had kids and before Yahoo Survival was around.
I know I have been doing ti for quite sometime.

Wish we still did the poker stars tourneys as well. Those were fun.
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08-27-2012 at 06:58 PM.
08-27-2012 at 06:58 PM.
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I know I have been doing ti for quite sometime.

Wish we still did the poker stars tourneys as well. Those were fun.
Yeah, it looks like online poker will come back sometime in the near future. Until then, only our weekend live games.
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08-27-2012 at 07:48 PM.
08-27-2012 at 07:48 PM.
funny, i checked the site like friday/sturday to see where the thread was to enter. Got an email today to come back. Are you mike?
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08-27-2012 at 08:44 PM.
08-27-2012 at 08:44 PM.
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funny, i checked the site like friday/sturday to see where the thread was to enter. Got an email today to come back. Are you mike?
Yeah, that was me who sent the invite today. I didn't mean for it to send a password. So, I changed it right after the email went out.
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08-27-2012 at 10:47 PM.
08-27-2012 at 10:47 PM.
Quote from tripp :
I know I have been doing ti for quite sometime.

Wish we still did the poker stars tourneys as well. Those were fun.
Quote from Mavtech :
Yeah, it looks like online poker will come back sometime in the near future. Until then, only our weekend live games.
What about Poker? I want in on that.
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LordOfChaos
08-28-2012 at 06:39 AM.
08-28-2012 at 06:39 AM.
I am in!

Maybe out week one, but whatever... GO BIG OR GO HOME!
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08-28-2012 at 06:53 AM.
08-28-2012 at 06:53 AM.
Quote from Mavtech :
At first, I thought we wouldn't be able to get enough players to make this worthwhile on such short notice (due to me being a slacker). But, I was wrong. We are at $85 on the first day. I can't believe we have been doing this for nearly a decade. I still remember my lurker days in mid-2003. I also remember the early days when I managed this in Excel. That was before I had kids and before Yahoo Survival was around.
This is one of the few Lounge traditions that manged to stick around. Good job not breaking it this year! Thumbup laugh out loud

Quote from tripp :
I know I have been doing ti for quite sometime.

Wish we still did the poker stars tourneys as well. Those were fun.
Iagree

I miss those poker games as well nod
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